F1 fans online have shared their reaction to Max Verstappen‘s father, Jos, sharing a straightforward response to claims that Red Bull have offered the Dutchman a new contract. The 54-year-old took to X on Sunday to share a rebuttal after reports surrounding Verstappen’s future at the Austrian team came out.
GPblog has reported that Red Bull is actively looking to offer Max Verstappen a new contract amid uncertainty around his future at the team. But the report also claims that the new deal comes with one caveat: the release clauses in the driver’s contract would be removed.
Reacting to these reports, Jos Verstappen shared a brutal response via social media on Sunday, as he replied to the aforementioned outlet’s X post:
“You know absolutely nothing.”
F1 fans online have shared their reaction to this unsparing response from Jos Verstappen via social media.
“Old men vague posting,” wrote one fan.
“The fact that he only logs on to tell people they’re wrong,” wrote another user.
“Then just tell us how things stand, and we’ll be done with it!” said another fan.
Here are some more reactions:
“I love when he randomly shows up in comments to beef with people,” wrote yet another user.
“Jos telling everyone they know nothing about Max’s contract is peak Verstappen family. Never a dull answer from that house,” joked another fan.
Holy s***, this timeline is so chaotic that we summoned HIM,” joked another user.
As F1 enters the summer break, Max Verstappen’s future at Red Bull remains uncertain. The driver can leave this year if he opts to activate his release clause, but has not yet confirmed to his team whether he intends to do so. This has reportedly led to tensions between the driver’s camp and the Austrian team, making for a strained relationship between the two parties.
Max Verstappen outlines Red Bull’s priorities going into the second half of the 2026 F1 season
Speaking after the Hungarian GP, Max Verstappen outlined what he thinks should be Red Bull’s priority going into the summer break. The driver said that the outfit needs to focus on “overall performance” as well as bring more consistency in the second half of the 2026 F1 season.
Speaking about what Red Bull needs to focus on during the summer break, Verstappen told the media:
“We need to first find more overall performance. Then we need to fix our problems, where we sometimes just lose performance over a weekend, or even from the start of the race to the end. So, yeah, that is also actually a big priority.”
Speaking to the media after the Hungarian GP, Verstappen also joked that he would like some ADUO concessions as all of Red Bull’s rivals have received them this year after the new RBPT-Ford engine was adjudged to be the benchmark by the FIA.
Edited by Samyak Sharma